Contemporary art

 
Monographs, catalogues, artists' books and editions.
 
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Gerhard Merz - MCMLXXXVIII
1988
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
27.00 15.00 €
Monograph / exhibition catalogue.
François Perrodin - 15.16
1988
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
(last copies available!)
10.00 5.00 €
Drawings.
Pierre Molinier - Mon cul
1968
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
currently out of stock
Original gelatin silver print (circa 1968) by Pierre Molinier, on sealed Kodak Kodura paper.
Farah Atassi -
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph.
Pattern, Crime & Decoration
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Catalogue of the double exhibition devoted to the Pattern & Decoration movement, with numerous previously unpublished archives.
Peter Schuyff - Has Been
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First retrospective catalogue devoted to Dutch painter Peter Schuyff, a prominent member of the Neo-Geo movement, Has Been presents a selection of works produced between 1981 and 1991 in New York. The publication reveals the many paths taken by the artist and exposes the myriad forms which pictorial abstraction can take. Two critical essays, historical reviews, as well as a text written by Peter Schuyff in 1991, shed light on the artist's work of this period and on the complexity of its referential relationships.
Edith Dekyndt - Ombre indigène
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
For the past twenty years, Edith Dekyndt has been redefining the interdependence of the artwork and its exhibition context by relocating her work's experiments in a more extended spatiality and temporality—that of the world's ecosystem. This catalog offers a selective approach of her work on the occasion of a joint exhibition at Le Consortium and Wiels.
Art Public Poitiers
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
The public art program conceived in the context of the urban development project for the city of Poitiers in France, with commissioned works by Élisabeth Ballet, Pierre Joseph, Didier Marcel, Benoît-Marie Moriceau, and Christian Robert-Tissot.
Bertrand Lavier - L\'affaire tournesols
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New monograph.
Clément Cogitore - Atelier
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Richard Prince - The Magic Castle
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A new work based on a series of photographs made by Richard Prince when he was student in France (artist's book): a window into Prince's formative period.
Christopher Wool - Vitraux
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Christopher Wool's stained glass windows for the Prieuré of La Charité sur Loire, France.
Ryan Gander - Le Dit du Dé
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Catalogue / artist's book.
Juergen Teller - Touch Me
2011
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
An artist's book / catalogue that, rather than focusing on the famous images made by Juergen Teller for fashion and luxury industries, aims to underline the particular aesthetic dimension of his photographic work in general.
Anna-Eva Bergman -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Larry Bell -
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Larry Bell -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Charline von Heyl - Paintings 1990-2010
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph: Charline von Heyl's paintings chronologically presented, each vis-à-vis a detail view manipulated by the artist, with four texts that shed light on the evolution of her work and contextualize her practice regarding the question of the renewal of contemporary painting.
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
sold out
First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure, a pioneer of minimalist electronic rock as the co-founder of the cult band Suicide.
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
sold out
First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.
Lynda Benglis -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).
Lynda Benglis -
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.
Pierre Molinier -
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).
Christian Boltanski - Parcours d\'ombres
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.
Aux anges
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A set of anonymous texts and bikers images collected by Olivier Mosset.
Yayoi Kusama - Mirrored Years
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A "picture biography".
Mike Kelley - Educational Complex Onwards (1995-2008)
2009
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first book bringing together Mike Kelley's autobiographic works since 1995, and offering an overview of the development of Kelley's practice.
Xavier Veilhan - 1999-2009
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph on the French artist (available in English edition).
Sophie Ristelhueber - Operations
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Luxurious retrospective monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays, an illustrated and commented chronology, major works since the beginning of the 80s, as well as many documents and exhibition views.
Not to Play with Dead Things
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today (from Paul McCarthy to Jessica Warboys, Spartacus Chetwynd or John Bock), this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices.
Loïc Raguénès -
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New works by French neo-pointillist artist.
 Petra Mrzyk & Jean-François Moriceau - Calendar
2008
no text
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
One drawing by Mrzyk & Moriceau a day (2009 calendar).
Basse Def - Partage de données
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Exhibition catalogue around art and low resolution in new technologies.
Gary Webb - Mirage of Loose Change
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Monograph dedicated to one of the most daring sculptors of his generation, whose work generates a sense of mutability, instability and visual tension, derived from a mixed bag of references embracing Pop art, Minimalism, New Generation sculpture, Kinetic art and the Tropicalia movement.
Olivier Mosset -
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Monograph / catalogue documenting recent, actual and future exhibitions dedicated to Mosset's latest works or to a whole radical and minimalist œuvre.
Wade Guyton -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Monograph / artist's book: reproduction on glossy paper of 3 printer drawings series realised from art books' pages, with a text by Vincent Pécoil.
On Kawara - Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills - Volume 2
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Catalogue published, as a second volume, after the world tour of an exhibition by On Kawara Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills, gathering the complete documentation produced for the exhibitions and presenting the installations views.
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing (DVD)
2006
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
The film of the exhibition at the 49th Venizia Biennal.
 M/M (Paris) - Printemps de septembre à Toulouse - Boxset + photo
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Numbered edition of a photography and a poster (Jean-Marc Bustamante fecit), which are added to the special box set by M/M (Paris) containing the last three catalogues of the Printemps de septembre festival.
Pae White - Ohms and Amps / Amps and Ohms
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Comprising sixteen cardboard pages, this artist's book explores two exhibitions that were literal complements of each other.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Fils du Dragon
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
 Yan Pei-Ming - The Way of the Dragon
2004
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The sole monograph available on the most internationally known French artist (English edition).
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Available in English edition.
Christopher Wool - Crosstown
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Paintings and photographies.
7th Lyon Biennal - C\'est arrivé demain – Après
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
The 7th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennal catalogue.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
German edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Steven Parrino - Exit/Dark Matter
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A re-appropriation of the comic books iconography.
Kendell Geers - My Tongue in your Cheek
2002
texts in English, German, French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first full length survey of the work of Kendell Geers.
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